The Next Backblaze Storage Pod
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The Next Backblaze Storage Pod
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Re: The Next Backblaze Storage Pod
#2I'm surprised Dell don't make they buy hard drives from them at a substantial mark-up, as they allude to vendors doing earlier in the story.
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#3Just a reminder that backblaze uses dark patterns for their account cancellations. You'll never be able to use all of the time you pay for.
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#4If low volume is a problem for manufacturers because you don't need that much, the obvious solution is to increase volume by selling them. Of course that would introduce even more problems to solve, but at least volume wouldn't be one of them.
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#5It's really amazing they made their own for so long... hardware is a commodity business.
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#6If low volume is a problem for manufacturers because you don't need that much, the obvious solution is to increase volume by selling them. Of course that would introduce even more problems to solve, but at least volume wouldn't be one of them.
They already sell them, but personally I thought they were too expensive, probably they were adding a mark-up on their build price when selling them.
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#7I'm surprised Dell don't make they buy hard drives from them at a substantial mark-up, as they allude to vendors doing earlier in the story.
Or dell forces them to buy their drives but their markup is not as high as their competitors?
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#8I'm surprised Dell don't make they buy hard drives from them at a substantial mark-up, as they allude to vendors doing earlier in the story.
Dell's not in the best negotiating position here, given that "build our own" is a valid alternative.
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#9I'm surprised Dell don't make they buy hard drives from them at a substantial mark-up, as they allude to vendors doing earlier in the story.
Or dell forces them to buy their drives but their markup is not as high as their competitors?
The default markup is awful, check the Dell website. I'd describe the process of buying a drive from Dell a bit like getting mugged.
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#10Any idea what Dell is actually selling them? The DVR's we buy (Avigilon) are white Dell 7x0's with a custom white bezel, but those only fit 18 3.5" drives.